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Letters Patent No. 95,447, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BILLING-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, CHARLES J. EMMETT, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

I have constructed my press with special reference to baliug rags, for which it is admirably adapted; but it may be also employed to bale hay, cotton, and all naterial requiring to be compressed and secured in ales.

I will rst describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will afterward designate the points which I believe to be new.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a front elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan view, with all the parts adjusted for compressing a bale. The follower is represented as having descended b`l1t a very little distance; in other words, it is near its highest position.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the machine lin its open condition, adapted to receive rags,l or other material.

Figure 4 represents, on a larger scale, certain parts detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the gures. L

A is a stout framing, of wooden timbers and plank, and a are removable doors, secured bydogs or buttous. These doors, and other portions of the framing, may be open work, vand all the ordinary provisions may be made for tying, or otherwise Asecuring the bales, either before or after the doors are liberated and opened.

The follower is represented by B.

A stout girder, of cast-iron, or other suitable material, of sufficient depth toI afford great transverse strength, is secured to the top of the follower, and extends out beyond each end, as indicated by BI B2.

' Slots al a2 are made 'in the ends of the framing, as represented, to allow the follower to descend, with thel ends of the girder'or top piece projecting through these slots. Y

The projecting ends Bl B2 are threaded directly, or may receive a hollow nut, as represented, which shall match the threads of the tall screws'l)1 D2, which are secured in the bottom ofthe framing bya joint, so that they may stand either upright, as indicated in figs. l and 2, or inclined, as indicated in fig. 3.

The follower B is depressed by turning these screws D1 and DZ simultaneously.

This operation is effected by means of the lever M at the front, which' is vibrar-ed horizontally by hand, or otherwise, and is provided withv bent rods m lm2,

serving as connectionsto levers N1 N2, which are fitted loosely, andadapted to turn on the screws I)l D2.

, These levers are supported vertically. by toothed to the screws from the vibrations of the levers Nl N2, bymeans of the pawls nl n, applied as represented, so that by driving the pin C on the right-hand side, it moves the pawls, so that one end comes in contact and turns the screw in one direction; and by moving lever, it moves the pawls, so that 'the other end comes incontact with vthe toothed wheels clI d2, and conse- 'Y quently the screw is turned intermittently in the opposite direction. In other words, the same vibratory motion 0f the lever M can depress the follower by simultaneously, and to au equal extent, depressing the two ends Dl D, or by changing the position ot' the pawls the motion will raise the follower. In every case, the motion will be intermittent, and may be very powerful. f

I can unship the connections ml an?, and also unship the lever M, with great facility, whenever the motion of the press is stopped, and, in this condition, my press is probably the most compact, or requires the least space in a building, of any yet known of equal capacity. The stout framing and provision-for working screws above, commonly observed in screw-presses, are entirely dispensed with in mine. K r To introduce the material freely into the interiorof the framing, after the follower has been elevated, and the front lever M and connections ml fm2 have been and its connections back into the position shown in lig. 3, so that the screws I)l D" rest against the projecting ends ofthe back piece Al. After the rags, or other material have been introducedaml troddcu down, or otherwise slightly packed, the follower is drawn for-V ward, and the connections attached and operated so as to depress the follower, until the material'is packed in the small space required.

I prefer to connect the bottoms of the screws D1 1)2 to a stout piece, E, mounted loosely in the frame, extending longitudinally of the press, soas to project at each end, as represented. The heads, or enlarged lower ends of the screws, may be spherical, and held up in the interior of the projecting ends ofthe piece E, as represented, or they may be simply cylindrical, or of various other forms, so long as there is space sufare in the upright position, and to incline to the proper extentwhen the screws are thrown'upward, as in lig. 3. l esteem it sutcient, in most cases, to simply make a cylindrical head, smoothly finished, and allow it to project entirely below the piece E, and to rest ou the wheels all d2, which are firmly keyed on the screws, and an intermittent rotary motion is communicated the pin C, and driving it on the other side ofthe same unshipped, it is necessary simply to push the follower cientprovided for them to turn freely when the screwsvided for the purpose, whenever the screws aremade to .bear the weight of themselves and the connected parts by resting on the lgwerends."

f The inode represented, however, inwhich the heads are spherical', and are held up in the interior of the piece E, may he 'preferable in many situations. In every case, it is' important that the hole the shankscrews stand in shall be oblong at the upper en'd, so as to allow of the perpendicular position-of each screw when in operation, and toresist its upward force very effectually, and also to allow the screws to-'incline to the proper ext-ent whenever they are pushed back.

A great feature of my press is the affording all the several advantages of' a powerful and commodious press within a space only a very little higher or longer than that of the casing into which the material is thrown. This is ot' great consequence in baling in lofts or basements where there is but little height.

1n order to more conveniently put the work together, and to separate it under such conditions, I prefer to make the heads ofthe screws intheform of nuts, and to secure them by a transverse pin.

By making the overhanging ends B1 B of the platen higher than the platen, as shown, it follows that the v ratchets d el may be ata convenient height, as shown,

and still operate untouched by the connections to the platen, even when the bales are very 'tightly compressed. Y i

Having now fully described my invention,

1.- The end screws D1 D, and t-he overhanging parts -Bl Bz on the follower B, arranged tooperate relatively to each other and the casing or aming A, and tothe ratchets d* d2 and operating-means N N2, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein seti'orth.

2. The long lever M, connections m m2, sub-levers N 1 N2, changeable pawlsn. n2, and ratchets d? d2, ar-

ranged as represented, in combination with 'the screws Dl D2, and the movable follower B, having the overhangng parts IB1 B2, and press-framing A.

3. The -means represented for moving the follower and its connections out ofthe way; that is to say, the screws Dl D2 to tum on their lower ends and assume an inclined position, substantially as herein set forth and described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, "in the presence of two -subscribing witnesses. l

i OHAS. J. EMMET'I.

Witnesses:

W. O. DEY, yC. O. LIvINGs. 

